Gary Snyder


Gary Snyder






Goofing Again
I shifted weight the wrong way
flipping the plank end-over
dumping me down in the bilge
& splatting a gallon can 
of thick sticky dark red
italian deck paint
over the fresh white bulkhead.
such a trifling move
& such spectacular results.
now I have to paint the wall again 

& salvage only from it all a poem. 

John Ashbery

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